Tapping And Writing Problems - Palm Tungsten Tungsten T Handhelds Handbook

Appendix B Frequently Asked Questions
My handheld is not making any
sounds.
My handheld's indicator light is
not blinking when alarms
occur.
My handheld does not vibrate
when alarms occur.
My handheld has frozen.

Tapping and writing problems

Problem
When I tap the buttons or
screen icons, my handheld
activates the wrong feature.
When I tap the Menu icon
nothing happens.
I can't get my handheld to
recognize my handwriting.
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Check the System, Alarm, and Game Sound settings.
See "Sounds & Alerts Preferences"
Check the Alarm indicator light setting. See
Alarm Vibrate settings"
Check the Alarm Vibrate setting. See
Vibrate settings" in
If a network connection was improperly terminated, your
handheld may appear to be frozen for up to 30 seconds. If it
is still frozen after 30 seconds, perform a soft reset.
Perform a soft reset. See
Appendix A.
Solution
Calibrate the screen. See
, Not all applications or screens have menus. Try changing to a
different application.
For your handheld to recognize handwriting input with the
stylus, you need to use Graffiti writing. See
writing to enter data"
Make the Graffiti character strokes in the Graffiti writing
area, not on the display part of the screen.
Write Graffiti strokes for letters in the left side and the
strokes for numbers in the right side of the Graffiti
writing area.
Make sure that Graffiti is not shifted into extended or
punctuation modes. See
data" in Chapter
See "Graffiti tips"
accuracy when you write Graffiti characters.
in Chapter
in Chapter 17.
"Alarm LED and Alarm
Chapter 17.
"Resetting your handheld"
"Digitizer Preferences"
in Chapter 3.
"Using Graffiti writing to enter
3.
in Chapter 3 for tips on increasing your
17.
"Alarm LED and
in
in Chapter 17
.
"Using Graffiti